Cricket 1895

M a y 9, 1895. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 117 the perennial vitality of the game that after the lapse of 108 years our premier Club can point to such splendid results. And Surrey are a good second in member­ ship ; their list is fall. And a balance of nearly ten thousand pounds is no less grati­ fying to all concerned. They can afford to be generous, and they are. The most attrac­ tive feature of their meeting was the public recognition of the magnificent services rendered by their late captain. Surrey never had such a leader; F. A. Miller did great things, but John Shuter has done greater. Like A. N. Hornby, it may be said of him that he made cricket in his county. Have we ever had two captains quite so popular with the professional cricketers in their respective teams? Good work is its own reward, but it is very delightful when the approval of a man’s own conscience is endorsed by the unanimous j udgment of those who are in the best position to gauge the quality of his work. After such returns, Yorkshire’ s present membership of 489 looks very insignificant. For all that, last year added more than five hundred pounds to their reserve fund, which was just about the amount Gloucestershire had to draw from theirs. This is regrettable, but not surprising, when we remember the Western county’s present low estate. I see that the authorities are going to practice economy, and so curtail expenses to the tune -of £300 per annum. I wish they had not •decided to dock the luncheon givea to visiting teams, though one is at a loss to find out how .£100 can be saved in this one item. It is, perhaps, no business of mine to pry into the ^secret workings of a club, but when I know that nine counties played on Gloucestershire grounds last year, and that each county inumbered eleven men, then, supposing every imatch lasted three days, and that at the •ordinaryprice, the luncheon cost two shillings a head, that will give us 9 times 11 into 3 into 2, or, in other words, just under £30. A wide difference between that and £100! The luncheon down West must be a banquet. Suppose other counties should find themselves unable to provide a free luncheon for visiting teams, then the Gloucestershire amateurs would have to add the cost of the same to their expenses. In other words, their com­ mitteewould in that case save little or nothing. I do trust that it will not be necessary to knock off this trifling courtesy which does so much to promote the good fellowship which *hould prevail in all branches of sport. Respecting the mid-day luncheon there can be no doubt that in many cases it is prej udicial to the best cricket form, I was an invited guest not so very long ago at a cricket lunch where the bill of fare was more suggestive of indigestion than of high-class cricket. There was a marked falling off in the cricket of both sides subsequently. Moderation must be the •cricketer’s watchword. A couple of years since I saw a famous batsman—in perfect health—swallow off a glass of neat brandy ■after he had got his pads ou, I offered to risk a modest shilling to a modester sixpence that he did not score twenty runs. His actual contribution was two, and on a batsman’s wicket, I have just come across a capital story of old John Sparks, who in his day played for Middlesex, Kent and Surrey, and who in 1833 was engaged by the Lansdown Llub, Bath, for which he often stood umpire. The first day of the match was over, and Sparks was asked which side in his j udgment would win, I should say that the side which lives nearesthome has the betterchance. Not because they know the ground better, but because many things go to spoil your chance of cricket. First there’s the dinner ; players sometimes eat too much, Now duck and custard is a particularly bad thing to play upon. I had my dinner at the side table, and saw what was going on. So I said to the waiter, ‘ hand those custards to that gentleman,’ who was going to bowl, ‘ after that hand the bottled beer, and be sure you recommend the salad with his cheese,’ Now, didn’t you see how he was hit all over the ground ? Didn’t he bowl long hops and tosses till he was quite hit off, and they were forced to change him, and couldn’t tell how it was he bowled so badly ! My duck and custard, shaken up with bottled beer into a nice state of fermentation, did all that—ha ! ha ! Short whist at the Mitre, with punch, cigars, broiled bones, and a jolly night of it, that will make all the odds in to-morrow’s play ; whereas our gentlemen will go to bed sensible, at least our bowlers will.” I have seen it stated that poor Cropper, of Derbyshire, met his untimely end at football largely through partaking of a very hearty meal just before the match. The opening match of the season was none too exciting; but then Lord’s after a deluge was never a batsman’s paradise. I hope Attewell—10 wickets for 67 runs— will bowl up to that standard all through the season, and Martin—12 for 56—too. It seems strange that the Notts’ recruits had scarcely a chance of winning their spurs. A win or a lose in this match does not count for much; surely Handfordand Wilkinson ought to have bowled first. The former in the Colts1match bowled so well that he had to be taken off. How often has that happened before ? Most bowlers complain that they are not kept on long enough. In a capital paper in this years’ JFiaden, entitled “ Cricketers, Past and Present,” the writer, who, from the editor’s life-like delineation can be none other than Canon---------, says, “ I never saw W. G. puzzled with one” —a yorker. Had he been present at Trent Bridge last year he would have seen Handford get the champion’ swicket with asgenuine ayorker as was ever delivered. In the Cambridge Freshmens’ match, one was looking for great things from the bat of Wilson of Uppingham, a worthy successor to the batch of great batsmen amongst whom A. P. Lucas was perhaps the most distin­ guished. The Charterhouse captain—with 23 and 111—fully sustainedhis school reputation where his 1894 average was just under 50. I hope for “ auld lang syne” that the youngest of the Studd brotherhood—now a Senior—will get his blue. One likes to see family traditions perpetuated. Cricket often runs through a whole generation, but it is rarely transmitted from father to son. No one has has had abetter chance ofgetting into the eleven than W. G. the second, but will he ? FINCHLEY v. NORTH MIDDLESEX WANDERERS.—Played |at Finchley on May 4. F in c h le y . J. Storey, c Brewer, b J. Dempsey ........ 0 J. A . Mildrum, b Brewer .................... 6 D. L. W allet, b J. Jones, lbw, b J. Demp­ sey ........................... 8 Nieder-Hertmawn, run out ..................2 1 A. F. Johnson, b Bisi- ker .......................... 14 H. Watson, b Bisiker 2 Halton, b Brewer ... 14 J. A . Wallet, 1b w, b J. Dempsey ........... 3 A . Rowland, not out 4 Dempsey L. Stroud, e Brewer, b J. Dempsey ... 10 Total N orth M id d le se x W a n d erers . F. Bisiker, c Johnson, b Storey ................... 4 W . E. Manning, not out .......................... 42 W . J. S. Brewer, c Wallet, b Watson ... 10 J. Dempsey, F. Talbot, and A. J. Dempsey did not bat. CHARLTON PARK v. LINDEN.—Played at Charlton Park on May 4. L in den . I. M. Greene, b Storey 0 C. Bryer, b Watson .. 39 C. D. Ross, not out ... 5 Extras ...........13 Total...................113 Ker, F. R. Dempsey, B. M. Clarke, b A. J. Mascall ................... G. Fletcher, b A. Bur­ nett .......................... F. Eve.b A. J. Mascall D. Bennett, b A. L. M cCanlis.................. H. M. Martin, b A. Burnett .................. G. Oxer, c S. C. Bur­ nett, b A. J. Mascall E. Eade, c and b G. Wade ...................12 C. Drew, b A. J. Mas­ call ........................... 3 A . E. Allen, b R. S. W ild ........................... 8 R. J. Fry, not out ... 3 A. Hull, hit wkt, b G. Wade ................... Total 0 61 A. F. Lovey, c Ben­ nett, b Eade ........... A . J. Dodd, hit wkt, b Martin ................... A . L. McCanlis, c Allen, b Martin ... R. G. Cowley, c Drew. b M a rtin ................... A . Burnett, b Eade ... S. K . Mills, run out... C harlton P a r k .J G. Wade, b Martin .. S. C. Burnett, b Martin A. J. Mascall, c Clarke b Eve........................... R. S. W ild, b Eve ... A. A. Jolly, not out .. Byes ................... Total ........... ELTHAM v. CHARLTON PARK.—Played at Eltham ou May i. E lth am . A. S. Johnston, c H. C. Sargent, b Martin 32 R. Haywood, b Hunter 30 J.C. W ood, st Sargent, b Martin ...................17 W . G. Mitchell, b Hunter ................... 0 F. Pitt, not o u t ...........37 P. Goody and G. W . iMitchell did not bat. C h arlton P a r k . J. S. Spicer, b Martin 2 J. Eagleton, b Martin 0 J. E. Money, b Martin 20 L. Jackson, not out... 7 B 3, lb 1 ........... 4 Total ...149 H. Turnell, b W ood 13 A. H. Pease, not out 5 B 4, lb 2 ........... 6 S. R. Sargent, lbw, b G. W . Mitchell ... 16 E. J. W ard, b G. W . Mitchell ...................11 Capt. McCanlis, b Pitt 16 Total ...........67 J. Hunter, H. C. Sargent W . Martin, H. C. Ogilvy, F. G. Allen, and H. E. Lawrjuce did not bat. DULWICH v, NORTHBROOOK.—Played at Burbage-road, Dulwich, on May 4. N orth brrok . A. E. Pawle, b Morris 11 A. H. Smith, b Darby 4 F. N. W illis, not out... 37 S. Abbott, c Gilling­ ham, b D arby........... 0 M. G. Nelson, b M or­ ris ........................... 1 C.Springthorpe.b Mor­ ris ........................... 0 T. W . Blenkiron, b Darby .................. 3 W . O. Willis, b Darby 6 H. N. Smith, b Darby 0 F. Mote, b Darby ... 10 A . G. Craig, c E. H. Heasman, b Darby 14 B 2, lb 5, nb 1 ... 8 Total 94 D u lw ic h . W . Morris, b Abbott 8 C. P. Tregellas, notout 14 E. White, not out ... 31 B 16, lb 4 ...........20 F. H. Gillingham, b Pawle ...................12 J. F. Colyer, b Blenk­ iron ........................... 8 L. Phillips, b Pawle ... 39 F. E. Huish, c Spring- thorpe, b Nelson ... 20 H. Darby, E. H. Heasman, T. S. Tregellas, and B. Heasman did not bat. Total 152 DULWICH 2 nd XI. v. NORTHBROOK 2 nd XI.—Played at Lee on May 4. S. Colyer, c W ood, b F o rd ...........................11 S. Pulbrook, b East... 0 T.C. Stafford, c Butler, b East ................... 4 E. W . Lighton, b Ford 6 S. E. Huntley, b Ford 7 T. A. Darke, c Butler, b Ford .................. 6 J. R. Gillingham, b F o r d .......................... 3 F. Huntley, not ou t... 20 D. C. Knowles, b Ford 1 G. Duce, c W ood, b Clayton ................... A . N. Other, absent.. Lb 1, w 1 ........... Total 8 0 2 , 68 N o rth brook . W .D.Butler, b Gilling­ ham ........................... A. H.W oolmer, c S. E. Huntley, b Lighton G. A . W ood, c sub., b Lighton ................... A. C. Clayton, b Gil­ lingham ................... o II. A. Murphy, run out 0 A. East, b Gillingham 14 W . C. Ford, b Gilling­ ham ...........................13 14 F. Murphy, c F. Hunt­ ley, b Lighton ... 0 S. O. Woolmer, b Gil­ lingham ................... 0 F. W . Foston, b Ligh­ ton ........................... 0 G. Murphy, not o u t... 12 B 6, lb 4, w 1 ... 11 Total , 65